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In a rare moment for the 2015 election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Saturday spoke on behalf of his former intraparty rival Matt Bevin, endorsing him for Kentucky governor during the Fancy Farm picnic. Read Story

In a rare moment for the 2015 election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Saturday spoke on behalf of his former intraparty rival Matt Bevin, endorsing him for Kentucky governor during the Fancy Farm picnic. That said, McConnell didn’t spend … Read Story

If you listened to the candidates at the Fancy Farm Picnic on Saturday, this year’s race for attorney general is about nepotism and pedicures. Read Story

If you listened to the candidates at the Fancy Farm Picnic on Saturday, this year’s race for attorney general is about nepotism and pedicures. Democrat Andy Beshear, an attorney and son of Gov. Steve Beshear, is running against Republican state … Read Story

The Fancy Farm picnic is famous for its bombastic political speeches and rowdy crowds, but Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin tried something different on Saturday. Read Story

The Fancy Farm picnic is famous for its bombastic political speeches and rowdy crowds, but Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin tried something different on Saturday. He tried to stay above the fray. During his first Fancy Farm speech, Bevin criticized … Read Story

Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway leads Republican Louisville businessman Matt Bevin by a slight margin in the race for governor according to the latest Bluegrass Poll. According to the poll, which is conducted by SurveyUSA on behalf of the Herald-Leader … Read Story

To the best of anyone's knowledge, none of the speakers in the history of the annual Fancy Farm political picnic has been a woman of color. That changes this weekend when Jenean Hampton, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, is slated to speak. Read Story

For decades, Kentucky politicians have gone to a church picnic in a small Western Kentucky community to speak before a rowdily partisan crowd. Practically every major candidate for statewide office in Kentucky has spoken at the Fancy Farm picnic. And, … Read Story

Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis and the county are being sued by two same-sex and two opposite-sex couples who were recently denied marriage licenses by Davis' office. Read Story

The government of Rowan County, Kentucky, has denied any liability for the actions of its county clerk, who stopped issuing marriage licences this summer after the Supreme Court lifted same-sex marriage bans throughout the U.S. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis and … Read Story

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky are backing an effort to completely strip federal funds from Planned Parenthood. The chain of health clinics is currently under fire over a controversial video that purported to show that the … Read Story

Bevin has pushed for dismantling Kynect and moving recipients onto the federal health exchange. Read Story

Gubernatorial candidates Jack Conway and Matt Bevin again clashed over the expansion of the state’s Medicaid system and state-run health exchange, Kynect, at a debate Tuesday hosted by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. Bevin, the Republican nominee, has pushed for … Read Story

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer on Tuesday named Gabriel Fritz to be the new director of the Office of Housing and Community Development, an appointment that comes as the city prioritizes its affordable housing needs. Read Story

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer on Tuesday named Gabriel Fritz to be the new director of the Office of Housing and Community Development, an appointment that comes as the city prioritizes its affordable housing needs. For the past six years Fritz … Read Story

The so-called “pill-mill bill” required pain management facilities to be owned by a licensed physician, and pharmacists to register with a prescription monitoring system called KASPER. Read Story

The number of Kentuckians “doctor shopping” to obtain similar drug prescriptions from multiple doctors dropped significantly after new drug laws went into effect in 2012, according to a new University of Kentucky report. The so-called “pill-mill bill” required pain management … Read Story

Harrison County, Indiana, officials are being sued in federal court by a former employee of the county clerk’s office who claims she was fired after refusing to process a same-sex marriage license. Read Story

Harrison County, Indiana, officials are being sued in federal court by a former employee of the county clerk’s office who claims she was fired after refusing to process a same-sex marriage license. The plaintiff, Linda Summers, alleges that her First … Read Story

Officials with the commission say they aren’t sure when a final decision on the statue will be made, but indicated they would try to have one by the time Beshear leaves office at the end of this year. Read Story

The chance for the public to comment on whether the state should keep a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the state Capitol rotunda closes on Wednesday. Members of the Historic Properties Advisory Commission will then discuss findings at … Read Story

The state will pay $400,000 to settle two sexual harassment lawsuits against lawmakers and the state agency that runs administrative operations in the state Capitol. Read Story

The state will pay $400,000 to settle two sexual harassment lawsuits against lawmakers and the state agency that runs administrative operations in the state Capitol. The payment is part of the settlement of two lawsuits filed in October 2013: one … Read Story

An ordinance creating regulations for AirBnB and other short term home rentals isn’t going anywhere—for now. Read Story

An ordinance creating regulations for AirBnB and other short term home rentals isn’t going anywhere—for now. During a public safety committee meeting Wednesday, Louisville Metro Council members decided to hear from the community and other cities before moving forward with … Read Story

Kentucky's major party candidates for governor squared off Thursday at a forum hosted by the Kentucky Farm Bureau, the first public appearance in which the two men directly responded to one another. Read Story

Kentucky’s major party candidates for governor squared off Thursday at a forum hosted by the Kentucky Farm Bureau, the first public appearance in which the two men directly responded to one another. The most heated exchange center on the Affordable Care … Read Story